--- title: Ezekiel 47:12 (JPS 1917) — And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that sid… · tree and pragmatics description: And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail; it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1265/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/47/) / [47:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.47.12/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 47:12 · JPS 1917 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail; it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.' **Who acts:** leaf, fruit, waters · **What happens:** grow, not wither, fail, bring, issue, be · **To what, where:** tree, side, new fruit, sanctuary This is Ezekiel 47:12 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (leaf, fruit, waters), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:EZK:1265 # text = And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail; it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 wither wither VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 41 forth forth ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 because because SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 50 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 issue issue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 52 out out ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 60 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 cop _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 conj _ _ 69 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 70 for for ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 healing healing NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 72 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ 73 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | shall | | every tree | | this side and that side | | by the river upon the bank; for food | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent tree=Product for food=Beneficiary | | 2 | **not** **wither** | shall | leaf | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **fail** | shall | the fruit | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bring** | shall | fruit | new fruit | | | month | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | | 5 | **issue** | present | the waters | | | the sanctuary | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out sanctuary=Location | | 6 | **is** | shall | the fruit | | | | | for food and the leaf for healing | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וְעַל־הַנַּ֣חַל יַעֲלֶ֣ה עַל־שְׂפָת֣וֹ מִזֶּ֣ה ׀ וּמִזֶּ֣ה ׀ כָּל־עֵֽץ־מַ֠אֲכָל לֹא־יִבּ֨וֹל עָלֵ֜הוּ וְלֹֽא־יִתֹּ֣ם פִּרְי֗וֹ לָֽחֳדָשָׁיו֙ יְבַכֵּ֔ר כִּ֣י מֵימָ֔יו מִן־הַמִּקְדָּ֖שׁ הֵ֣מָּה יֽוֹצְאִ֑ים וְהָיָ֤ה פִרְיוֹ֙ לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל וְעָלֵ֖הוּ לִתְרוּפָֽה׃ס [Ezekiel 47:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.47.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1265` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Ezekiel 47:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1264/) - next →: [Ezekiel 47:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1266/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 47:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.47.12/)